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Boomsloth

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So I've seen the topic of gills come up a lot here and its generally agreed that while water quality, diet, and aeration affects gill length/frillyness, its mostly genetics that dictates the overall outcome. Therefore I'm posting pictures of some of my axolotls that I received from a very experienced breeder vs one I bought at a lfs. DSC00473.jpg

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The first picture is of my larger wild type. The second two are the same wild type with the longest gills. The last two are the LFS wildtype. All are about the same size, the first is maybe a cm larger.
 
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    with axolotls would I basically have to keep buying and buying new axolotls to prevent inbred breeding which costs a lot of money??
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    Not necessarily but if you’re wanting to continue to grow your breeding capacity then yes. Breeding axolotls isn’t a cheap hobby nor is it a get rich quick scheme. It costs a lot of money and time and deditcation
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    @Thorninmyside, I Lauren chen
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